The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-24

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not endorse Mr.. Cle,eiand's policy
They are sick and tired of his nom
sense ard va9aries on these subjects
All men of common sense approve
most heartily his vetOes as wLol,
and feel proud tia. he summed up
courage enough to head off the
thieves and raid, rs, but these uubl,
cts were simply his sworn con>tiu-
tion.l duty, and Will not compen.
safe for his want Of sympathy with
The common p"Cl lie and his lack OF
Democratic principles. He IS said
to be honest and this may be true,
out this will not make up for the
i sence of any sort Of interest In
The success Of the PARTY that elected
aim and the maintenance of the
principles and doctrines Of the party,
A man may be honest and yet u
fool. He NAV be honest and at the
same time uuSound Oh the leading
fundamental principles of the party.
No one knows better than we do
that hundreGs Of thousands of good
men South have acted with tbs
Democratic party since the war;" ho
never were and never will be Demo
Gratis. That is they never believed
in the doctrines Of jefferson or any
other Democl at, and have cooper
a;ed with the Democratic party from
necessity and because they had no
other decent party. to serve. This
class of men are not welded to the
party OF Its principles and would not
BOW in sack cloth and ashes and
mourn more than FOXY days and
nights If the pa Y should perish
provided another iarty could take
;. s place that carried with it respect
| ability and was the embodiment of
the principles tLey hold at heart. A
portion of this class pretends to Cd
Dose the present administration, but
a large body of this class IS utterly
indifferent and don't care what turns
| up and another class is ALWAYS u.y-
ing changes in The principles aud
practices of ali parties and cares
nothing for either only so far as
means to the accomplishment of a
purpose. But We think we know, if
we know anything, that the old
time Democracy, such as was Re,
presented by Jefferson, Madison
and Jackson are not in accord with
Grover Cleveland, that they do no1
endorse his policy, and that his re-
nomination will hot give sa faction.
Many yes many old time Wings
are in perfect harmony with the
leading principles of the party, this
is eminently true of the Sta,e rights
Wings. And We are sure none of
this class endorse Cleveland for a
second term. One mistake ouI
friends who think Cleveland the
greatest man born of women make is
this tnev fail to recognize all the
conflicting elements of which the
party as now organized, is com
posed. Another mistake made hy
some OF the younger heroes arises
from the fact that some men claim
and think they are Democrats where
as IN truth they are no: and never
will be. This class pre- ach, advocate
and teach what tneY call Democracy
and great many who read after
them allow themselves to be deceived
by Their false doctrines. If all men
thought alike, all men would agree
but as this is not SO and can not be
so, we shall never all agree on what
is Democracy. But all Democrat
when they understand each other
can agree on the great leading prin,
ciples that have always, till recently
controlled and ought always to con
troi the party, And we aver we have
not met a single known Democra;
sinceClCveland'sC urtis letter and hi:
message to Congress on silver an(
his utter DISREGARD OF the chief plan
IN the platform upon which he wa:
elected, in regard to local govern,
ment who endorsed his policy, !
his friends will continue TO shut
their eyes AMI live in darkness they
must do SO. But we say 20 then
plain Y that we do believe they are
doing themselves a wrong and the
party great injustice. Cleveland
has more enemies to-day than any
other living man, and if he shoulC
De forced on the party in 1888, ht
and the party will, in our judgmen
suffer Waterloo defeat. Tae PEG
pie are not such blind fools as news
paper men give them credit for being
lfCleveland got through Before by thu
skin of his teeth without an enemy il
he party, how can it be expected {,
pull him through in 1888 with tnou